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U.S. Route 66 was a highway established on November 11, 1926, connecting Chicago, Illinois to the Southwest.Several buildings from the Route 66 era still stand and are part of the Historic and Architectural Resources of Route 66 Through Illinois Multiple Property Submission on the National Register of Historic Places.
Chicago and Springfield Railroad: IC: 1877 1902 Illinois Central Railroad: Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis Railroad: IC: 1883 1886 Litchfield and St. Louis Railway: Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis Railway: 1925 1942 Springfield and Southwestern Railroad: Chicago and State Line Railroad: NKP: 1887 1923 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
The Gilman, Clinton and Springfield Railroad was a railroad of 111 miles (179 km) in length, chartered in 1867, that operated from 1871 until 1877 in the U.S. state of Illinois. It provided service from Springfield , the state capital, to Gilman , a junction point on the main line of the much larger Illinois Central Railroad .
The Springfield Rail Improvement Project has received more than $150 million in federal funding to help finish the massive project.. Officials announced $157.1 million in federal funds have been ...
The first companies that formed the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor began locating in Naperville in the 1960s. In 1962, Northern Illinois Gas (now Nicor) moved its research and administrative facilities to Naperville in 1962, followed by Bell Laboratories (1964), and the Amoco Research Center (now BP) in 1969.
In 1957, a second Peoria Bergner's location opened at the then-suburban Sheridan Village Shopping Center. Between 1961 and 1973, the Sheridan Village location sold the most merchandise per square foot of any department store in the United States. This Bergner's was the largest department store in Illinois outside of the Chicago area.
(Reuters) -Bath & Body Works on Monday raised its forecast for full-year adjusted profit and projected a smaller drop in annual sales on strong demand for its candles and fragrances during the ...
A downtown Los Angeles building made famous as the setting of an album cover photo for the legendary rock band the Doors was heavily damaged after fire broke out Thursday morning. The building ...